INFERNO

Frank Dill’s ’52 Ford F-1 Packs a Big Horsepower Punch

- Chuck Vranas

Ask any automotive enthusiast and they’ll tell you that at some point in their life they were heavily influenced by a particular car or truck they saw on a regular basis rolling through their neighborhood. Regardless of whether you were young or old, the sound of a particular rumbling exhaust coupled with a wicked stance and neat body style sparked a magneto deep in your mind, luring you in.

For Frank Dill of Worton, Maryland, the mystical creature that haunted him came in the form of a slammed, yellow, Pro Street ’52 Ford F-1 pickup breathing fire through a supercharged big-block V-8. For years he would see it cruise through his town, never being able to catch it to talk with the owner. Then one day he passed by a local garage and saw it parked for service. Within two weeks he was the new owner, living the dream while driving his first classic truck.